Using EMA Data to Examine Duration of Distress in Social Anxiety

EMA data can provide insights into durations of certain experiences. We used EMA data (N=42) and lagged data structures for each individual to find that contemporaneous feelings of being judged predicted both contemporaneous distress and distress 90 to 270 minutes later (t’s=7.21 to 6.95, R-squared=.55 to .57).